Trousers or coat



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE Jl MORSE, OE HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS.

TROUSERS', 0R COAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 528,1'28, dated October 30, 1894;

Application led May 1, 1893. Renewed March 31, '1894. Serial No. 505,956. (No model.)`

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. MORSE, of Hyde Park, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers j or Coats, of which the following, taken in connection wlth the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my invention is to prevent the stretching' and bagging of trousers at the knees and of coats at the elbows, and to thereby render such garments more symmetrical Vand durable, without requiring any of the numerous forms of trousers stretchers or equivalent devices.

My invention consists in such a garment provided with a reinforcingpiece of thin, flexible, non-stretching fabric inserted within each leg of the trousers at the knee portion, or in each sleeve of the coat at the elbow, and secured near the sideseams thereof to the inward-turned edge of the goods, the upper edge of such reinforcing piece being attached to the interior of the leg portion or lining at aline above the knee, and having the same horizontal length, from seam to seam, as the material `to which it is attached, while the lower edge of such piece is of less length' than the upper edge and of less extent than the adjacent portion of the trousers leg or coat sleeve so that the front of the reinforc# ing piece is not in contact with the garment at and near its lower edge, but is inclined downwardly and rearwardly, against the knee or elbow of the wearer, so that no strain comes upon the material of which the garment is made from seam to seam, but the same is borne by the reinforcing piece, which acts as an inclined plane to slightly raise the garment. The attachment of the upper edge of such piece tothe goods prevents catching the foot or hand upon it in putting on the garment.

My invention is illustrated as applied to trousers, but it is obvious that it is also ap plicable to coats and like garments.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a representation of a pair of trousers in which dotted lines indicate the position of the inclosed reinforcing pieces. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views each showing part of the leg of a pair Fig. 2 indicating in dotted linesthe position of the leg of the wearer. Fig. 4 is a plan of one form of the reinforcing piece.

I introduce into the legs A of trousers or the sleeves of coats, reinforcing pieces B of thin flexible n0n-elastic fabric, and secure themparallel and adjacent to the side seams of the leg or sleeve in the vicinity of the knee or elbow. These pieces are of such `length as may be desired and of a width, from relieved from strain and the part in rear of theseams is drawnup somewhat closer under the knee.

The sides or edges of the reinforcing pieces are secured by stitching them to the inwardturned edges C of the outer material adjacent to the seam. This manner of attachment is well represented in Figs. 2 and 3, and its advantage is that the pieces may be applied after the garment is made up without havingthe stitching visible from the outside.

I prefer to round or cut away the lower corners of the pieces B as shown, thereby allowing more flexibility to these pieces. Their upper edges should extend considerably above the joint and be suitably connected to the garment or its lining, as at D, to prevent catching the foot or hand on them. This line of connection will be at any desired point from the waistband or shoulder seam, downwardly. f

I am aware that it is not broadly new to apply to garments a strengthening piece inside of the fabric, to relieve the outer material from strain; but I am not aware that such reinforcing pieces have ever before been secured along their vertical sides to the inwardturned edges of the material of which the garment is made, the upper edgesof such pieces being in substantial contact with the inner surface of the goods, while the lower edges are of materially less area than the IOO goods and a space is maintained between wardly away from such goods so as to have a thern,increasing downwardly as herein shown space between them, increasing downwardly, and described. f to relieve the outer material from strain, sub- 15 I claim as my inventionstantially as set forth.

The improved garment described, having In testimony whereof I have signed my within the legs the reinforcing pieces B, such `name to this specicatiomin the presence of, pieces being secured edgewise to the inwardtwo subscribing witnesses, on this 10th day turned edges of the material at the knee porof March, A. D. 1893.

tion, connected along their upper edges to GEO. J. MORSE. the garment, and there made of the same Witnesses:

area as the goods of which the garment is A. H. SPENCER,

composed, andinclined downwardly and rear- JOHN C. LANE. 

